UCDA Winner x 4!

We submitted four of our favorite projects from 2016 in this year’s UCDA (University & College Designers Association) competition. All four entries have been given Awards of Excellence and will be included in this year’s exhibition. The show will be on display at the UCDA Design Conference, October 7—10 in Baltimore, Maryland.

A wide range of talent was represented among the entries, and the judges evaluated 1,269 entries, awarding 204 awards — 6 Gold Awards, 11 Silver Awards, and 187 Awards of Excellence. You can view the full winner's list here.

Congratulations to Baltimore Collegetown, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and McDaniel College.

McDaniel College: McLive! Calendar of Events

This fall, McDaniel College celebrates 150 years. The latest issue of McLive! provides a calendar of events surrounding the anniversary, along with many other happenings on and off campus. The inside front cover features a photo by Allen Chester from the upcoming exhibition “Visions of the Circus,” opening on campus at the Rice Gallery.

Perspectives on Branding: Implementation

You’ve developed your institution’s voice and have a meaningful strategy behind your new brand. Now it’s time to breath life into your new identity through brand implementation. A well-executed graphic identity – one that is capable of adaptation over time – is an organization’s lifelong asset. When used properly, it has the power to inspire, elevate and enhance.

Perspectives on Branding: Message Management

You’ve worked hard developing a platform and rationale for your institution’s voice. Now it’s time to develop a strategy, identity and guide for how it will be projected. This can mean something as simple as knowing how to use key messages to organize a publication thematically or as complex as managing identity, color palettes, fonts, messages, and more across an array of media types.

Perspectives on Branding: A Distinguishing Factor

How do you uncover the genuine voice of your institution? What unique signifier separates you from your competitors? It starts with a conversation, several of them. Combine that with a look into your past and a glimpse at your future. These varied perspectives will help you uncover clear and recurrent themes. That discovery will give you a road map for creating your institution’s genuine voice.

Barnes Foundation Annual Report

In this year’s annual report for The Barnes Foundation, highlights include new and ongoing initiatives, recent exhibitions, and conservation efforts.

York College of Pennsylvania

Our latest admissions “yield” piece for York College, directed to accepted students, outlines the most compelling reasons for them to enroll.

“Get Ready,” “Get Set,” “Go,” aimed at high school sophomores, is a series of personalized mailers that introduce prospective students to York College.

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Magazine

“Alarming tales from the world of health care – spiraling costs, confusing billing, unequal access.” These are some of the timely topics being tackled by professors at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and currently featured in their spring 2017 alumni magazine. We commissioned illustrator Leandro Castelao to visualize this complex story for the cover and through a series of interior spots.

St. John’s College Alumni Magazine

St. John’s College chose Abraham Lincoln for the Spring ’17 cover story: “Leadership in Factious Times.” According to tutor George Russell, Lincoln appeared “in the right place at the right time to preserve and protect the constitution by trying to teach citizens what it means to be an American.” The theme of leadership carried over to features about retiring St. John’s president Chris Nelson, and to an alumna who is CEO of a tech startup. Cover illustration is by Sébastien Thibault.

Changing Business

The Spring 2017 issue of Changing Business, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s research journal, features a timely cover article on gender gaps in wages and jobs. Other faculty research in this issue deals with corporate “enforcers,” financial performance vs. ethics in employee evaluations, and discrepancies in methadone dosage in inner-city clinics. Illustrations in this issue are by André da Loba.